music theory abrsm grade 1: what are notes?
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Start learning music theory for ABRSM Grade 1 with this presentation explaining what notes are in music. This is the first presentation of many in Learn music theory for ABRSM Grade 1. View this as a video (with my explanations): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrY_4eWflpE More lessons and posts available in my blog: http://music.jslvtr.com This is part of an extensive video-course that covers all of ABRSM Grades 1 and 2, and is available here: https://www.udemy.com/music-theory-abrsm-1-2/?couponCode=YOUTUBE15TRANSCRIPT
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Lesson 2 Note values
Learn music theory: ABRSM Grades 1&2
Learning objectives
• What is a time signature?
• How many crotchets can we fit in (4/4), (3/4), and (2/4)?
• What is a minim?
• What is a semibreve?
Time signatures
• A time signature is each one of (4/4), (3/4), (2/4), etc…
• They are used to see what notes we can fit in our music!
How many crotchets?
• Remember a crotchet is:
• In a (4/4) we can fit 4 of them
• In a (3/4) we can fit 3 of them
• In a (2/4) we can fit 2 of them
What is a minim?
• The minim is
• Two makes one minim =
So…
• In (4/4) we can fit 4 of these
• Or 2 of these
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What is a semibreve?
• The semibreve is
• Two makes one semibreve =
(4/4)
(3/4)
(2/4)
We have seen• What is a time signature?
• How many crotchets can we fit in (4/4), (3/4), and (2/4)?
• What is a minim?
• What is a semibreve?
• How many minims and semibreves we can fit in each time signature.